string of derailments, primarily the derailment and toxic spill in east palestine, ohio, that s terrified residents. i want to begin today by expressing how deeply sorry i am for the impact this derailment has had on the residents of east palestine and the surrounding communities. i am determined to make this right. you have my personal commitment. norfolk southern will get the job done. this hour, an update on mitch mcconnell s health. the longest serving senate leader in either party hospitalized overnight after tripping at a private dinner in a d.c. hotel. tammy baldwin joins me to discuss her bill to legalize abortion rights across the nation, restoring the rights stripped away by the supreme court s dobbs decision. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. at a hearing today, senators in both parties are pressing norfolk southern s ceo to honor his company s commitments to the people of east palestine for months or years after the train derailment rais
the proposed willow oil project in the national petroleum reserve could pump up to 180,000 barrels of oil a day projected to bring in billions of dollars of revenue and create thousands of jobs but climate activists are pressuring the president to kill it. supporters of the project say it s critical to the state and country. the oil and gas sector represents the backbone of alaska. if the president is talking about supporting the backbone of this country, it starts with the states themselves. the willow project is studied as it has been could represent anywhere near about $10 million over the life of it to local communities and state government. it is critical. bill: they waited more than 20 years to see if it can happen. mark meredith has the lowdown from the white house. president biden spends time talking about renewable energy products. now a bipartisan delegation from alaska urging the white house to approve the oil project as soon as possible. friday the president
happening at the same time, whether one is a diversionary one or other plans to happen simultaneously. so, whether this was an errant explosion, and the explosions were heading elsewhere, we don t know what the intended targets may have been, if this was not the target they selected. gillian: bill, obviously when you look at a situation like this, it s way too early in the process to talk about motivations, but do you have any sense based on just the geography, the very bare phones facts we have here, the fact this was likely a car bomb, that they were going from the u.s. or trying to go from the u.s. to canada. does that speak to you and your background expertise about what types of terror organizations might be interested in conducting something like this? yeah, it s very difficulty point to kind of come to any of those assumptions. certainly we know that the fbi director wray just over the past few days has reiterated concerns about potential terrorist activities, eman
Rocks in the landscape tell a story of course you have to be able to understand their language but then they no longer keep their secrets. On the contrary theyre full of stories and they can hardly wait to tell them. This is dora. With the help of Greenland Rock Rosing estimated that life on earth began Three Hundred Million years earlier than previously thought winning him worldwide acclaim now hes collecting glacial mud instead of rocks as he searches for a new story a story that could benefit his country. At this inland spot the ice has melted. What its left behind looks like a rocky desert but in fact the sludge is a vast reservoir of minerals which could help fertilize depleted soils. This glacial sludge is from rock crushed by the ice its interesting because it can be transported anywhere in the world where theres a lack of nutrients in the tropics and subtropics where most people live has a massive shortage of nutrients. In their stuff. The melt water transports the finely crush
A look at how coal deliveries and other logistics are affected in West Virginia by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore and closure of the Port of Baltimore. Officials says it will cause significant disruptions to coal exports and minor inconveniences to the automobile industry.